"Let each one of us pray day and night for the downtrodden millions in India who are held back by poverty, priest craft and tyranny-- pray day and night for them......I am no metaphysician, no philosopher, nay, no saint.But I am poor, I love the poor... Let these people be your God-- think of them, work for them, pray for them incessantly--the lord will show you the way. Him I call a Mahatma(great soul) whose heart bleeds for the poor,otherwise he is a Duratma(wicked soul). So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who having been educated at their expenses, pays not the least heed to them." Swami Vivekananda His teachings remain relevant today not only to India, but to entire humankind.In spite of phenomenal progress in science, technology and communication, turning the world into a global villagewhere all of us have become neibours, the nations and people of the world continue to be divided in numerous ways and engaged in mutual conflicts.Nothing can be more effective in turning humanity from conflicts to harmony and co-operation than the universal acceptance of the principle of oneness of all mankind taught by Vivekananda. The realization of oneness with all human beings will make us strong, united, fearless, dynamic, absolutely selfless and will prompt us to work for the happiness and welfare of the many.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:53:07 +0000